The Photo.net Nature Photography Pages
... nature has ceased to be what it always had been - what people needed protection from. Now nature - tamed, endangered, mortal - needs to be protected from people. When we are afraid, we shoot. But when we are nostalgic, we take pictures.
Susan Sontag - On Photography
Discussion Forum
Guides and Reference Articles
- The Nature Photography Guide
- Composition: Getting beyond the Snapshot
- Composition II: Composition in Nature Photography and the Elements of a Photograph
- Starting out in Nature Photography: Choosing Equipment
- Carry-on Luggage Restrictions
- Telephoto Zooms and Teleconverters
- Photography of the Sun, Moon and Stars
- Hand Picked Links
- Butterfly Photography
- Mirror Lock Up
- Magic Light
- Macro Photography
- Shooting Nature with the Yashica Mat 124G
- General Bird Photography FAQ
- Macro photography with the Canon EOS system
- Reciprocity Correction data
Field Ethics
Equipment Reviews
Nature Reviews
- Kinesis "SafariSack" beanbag
- Canon EF500/4.5L USM
- Canon EF75-300 and EF100-300 lenses
- Gitzo Carbon Fiber Tripods - Models 1227 and 1325
- Bogen Ball Heads - Models 3038, 3055 and 3262
- Bogen Tripods - Models 3021, 3001 and 3051
- Tamron 300/2.8 LD (IF)
- Canon wide angles for nature work; 24/2.8, 28-105/3.5-4.5 and 20-35/3.5-4.5
- Kinesis L525 Long Lens Bag
- Tundra Swans in the NJ Pine Barrens
- Viewing and Photographing Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
- Churchill: Polar bears and birds in northern Canada
- Galapagos
- Yellowstone National Park
- The Florida Everglades
- Yellowstone Trip Report
- Kenya Photo Safari
- Antarctica and South Georgia Island
- Venice Rookery (Florida)
- Brazos Bend State Park, Tx
- Emperor Penguins (Antarctica)
- Southern Utah National Parks
If you would like to contribute an article to these pages, please take a look the article contribution page.
I would like to thank all those who have sent in contributions to these pages and, of course, Philip Greenspun without whom these pages would not be possible..